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We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this month include new records of Dichotomophthora portulacae in Iraq and the first report of Grapevine Pinot gris virus infecting grapevine in Algeria.

• Isolation and characterization of pathogen causing brown rot in lemon and its control by using ecofriendly botanicals. Liaquat Fiza; Qunlu Liu; Arif Samiah; Urooj Haroon; Saqib Saddam; Zaman Wajid; Jianxin Shi; Shengquan Che; Li LvXin; Mishal Akbar; Hussain Munis, M. F. (2021) PMPP Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 114.
• Morphology characterization, molecular phylogeny, and pathogenicity of Diaporthe passifloricola on Citrus reticulata cv. nanfengmiju in Jiangxi Province, China. Chaisiri ChingChai; Liu XiangYu; Yin WeiXiao; Luo ChaoXi; Lin Yang (2021) Plants 10 (2).
• Identification of Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae causing fruit rot of citrus in China. Chen JiangHua; Zhu ZiHang; Fu YanPing; Cheng JiaSen; Xie JiaTao; Lin Yang (2021) Plants 10 (2).
• Species diversity of pin nematodes (Paratylenchus spp.) from potato growing regions of southern Alberta, Canada. Munawar, M.; Yevtushenko, D. P.; Palomares-Rius, J. E.; Castillo, P. (2021) Plants 10 (2).
• Integrative taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the plant-parasitic nematode genus Paratylenchus (Nematoda: Paratylenchinae): linking species with molecular barcodes. Singh, P. R.; Karssen, G.; Couvreur, M.; Subbotin, S. A.; Bert, W. (2021) Plants 10 (2).
• Addition to Micropeltidaceae: Micropeltis goniothalamicola sp. nov. and new record of Scolecopeltidium menglaense from Chiang Rai, Thailand. Marasinghe, D. S.; Hongsanan SiNang; Boonmee, S. (2021) Phytotaxa 487 (1) 56-64.
• Egg parasitoids of cabbage caterpillars in Sri Lanka: a search for biocontrol agents. Singhamuni, S. A. A.; Hemachandra, K. S.; Warnasooriya, P. G. A. S. (2021) Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Sri Lanka) 16 (1) 174-181.
• Dichotomophthora portulacae, a new record from Iraq. Abdulla, Z. K. (2021) Mycotaxon 136 (1) 215-218.
• Novel Fusarium mutualists of two Euwallacea species infesting Acacia crassicarpa in Indonesia. Lynn, K. M. T.; Wingfield, M. J.; Durán, A.; Oliveira, L. S. S.; Beer, Z. W. de; Barnes, I. (2021) Mycologia 113 (3) 536-558.
• First report of Grapevine Pinot gris virus infecting grapevine in Algeria. Bertazzon, N.; Rahali, M.; Angelini, E.; Crespan, M.; Migliaro, D. (2021) Plant Disease 105 (1) 234-234.

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